Breaking news ... AHPRA drop all charges!

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We are very excited, and relieved to be able to share the news that AHPRA (the Australian Health Practitioner's Regulation Agency) havedropped all chargesagainst Gary after 4 1/2 years of us insisting that he had done nothing wrong. To incident of patient harm nor patient complaint having been identified. Not only have they cleared Gary’s name of any wrong-doing, they have even apologised in writing!

This announcement caused quite a stir. Take a look here, here, here and here :-)

We would like to apologise to you

AHPRA medical board

"I would like to take this opportunity to apologise for the errors that were made when dealing with this notification. We recognise that these errors are likely to have compounded any distress that you experienced as a result of being the subject of this investigation. We appreciate your cooperation and engagement through the complaint management process, and the reconsideration of the previous decision."

The National Health Practitioner Ombudsman and Privacy Commissioner has been reviewing Gary's ruling and investigation process since AHPRA were put on notice during the Senate Inquiry in 2016. His case was referred to the board for reconsideration in June 2018. The outcome was supplied to us yesterday afternoon. "The Board determined it is not sufficient to simply amend the previous decision. The Board therefore repealed the previous decision in its entirety and proceeded to reconsider the notification afresh. This decision is an exercise of the Board's power to correct errors in decision making under clause 23 of Schedule 7 of the National Law."

Further to all this, the wording of the document clearly implies that there is no harm in Gary, nor any other health professional in Australia, recommending Low Carb Healthy Fat principles...

“Moreover, no significant risks to public safety have been identified that require a regulatory response under the National Law. In the case of each of the three issues considered, there is no evidence of any actual harm and nor does the Board discern any particular risk to public health and safety moving forward. For these reasons, the Board has decided to take no further regulatory action."

It is time to start calling out the Vested Interests and Ideology that continue to shape the dietary and health guidelines. Guidelines that have become strict Rule-Books fiercely protected by Associations with ties to industry. It isn't fair ...